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Icicle

Definition of icicle:

A hanging point of ice formed by the freezing of dropping water.

Ice formed by the freezing of dripping water from the eaves of houses, etc.

Blood streamed from his lacerated face, but the cold froze it and transformed the gory beard into a blood red icicle which pricked the numerous wounds in his chin every moment, and inflicted intense pain. "Andreas Hofer", Lousia Muhlbach.
On came the figure as swiftly as a bird, glittering in the light like an icicle "The Iron Star And what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages", John Preston True.
An icicle of pain darted through them; every nerve in his body was drawn together there in a knot of agony. "The Blue Flower, and Others", Henry van Dyke.
She thought that she was as unapproachable as an icicle and now she says all sorts of wild things about herself. "We Three", Gouverneur Morris.

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